Edoardo Alinovi's short bio

edoardo.alinovi@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum (PDF)

Hello!

I am currently senior CFD engineer at Dallara Automobiles. Before that I served as specialist CFD engineer at McLaren F1 Team for for seasons (2019-2022). My major work areas are computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and high performance computing for large scale simulations.

I earned a Ph.D. in fluid mechanics from the University of Genova in 2017. Before that I earned an Ms.C degree with honours in aeronautical engineering and a Bs.C degree in mechanical engineering from University of Genova.

I have always considered fluid mechanics my favorite topic because of its multidisciplinary, which elegantly links several branches of science starting from physics, passing through mathematics and ending with computer science. I have an in-depth understanding of cutting edge numerical methods for fluid dynamics and an excellent working knowledge of state-of-the-art software packages such as openFoam, ANSYS Fluids, Star-CCM+ and many other applications in computer aided engineering. I am a tireless code developer, I like to test and implement on my own novelties coming out form the CFD community and I have proudly implemented and currently maintaining the FLUBIO flow solver. You will find me comfortable with several programming languages like Python, C++ and modern fortran among many others. I am a finite volume method evangelizer, but I have recently turned my attention on high order finite element methods. Cutting edge numerical methods for CFD, turbulence modeling and high performance computing complete the pictures of my current major area of interest.

1 Years 2023

CFD R&D engineer

I am currently fullfilling the role of senior CFD engineer at Dallara automobiles.

4 Years 2019

CFD R&D engineer

I worked as CFD R&D engineer at McLaren F1 Team focusing mainly on cutting-edge CFD methodology, workflow automation, and open source software porting.

2 Years 2017

Research associate

After earning the Ph.D., I was awarded by a post-doctoral fellowship from the department of civil and eviromental engineering (University of Genova). I carried out reasearch on low friction surfaces and wall models for the flow past texture engineered surfaces. I have supervided several Bs.C. and Ms.C thesis in fluid mechanics and towards th end of the fellowship I assumed the role of associate lecturer in the undergraute course of fluid mechinics.

3 Years 2014

Ph. D. fellow in fluid mechanics

I worked on low skin-friction coatings for marine applications with the Fincatineri innovation challenge framework. The activity was mainly focussed on theoretical and the numerical modelling of the slippage over superhydrophobic and lubricant impregnated surfaces and on their drag reduction performance in the turbulent regime. In a broader sense, my field of study was about understanding and modeling the effect of small size surface textures on boundary layers and trasition to turbulence.